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First off, I want to say that MJ’s books are great will continue re-reading them. The material is a red pill and MJ was wise to use the Matrix as analogy. With that in mind, what if you awaken from your pod and there is no Nebuchadnezzar waiting to pull you in? Could knowing the script but still stuck to it be more detrimental than living in ignorance? It seems that way because I’m now having constant anxiety and wake up in the middle of the night with my heart beating fast. I'm assaulted on all sides by people who tell me things like "it could be worse" and "you will always have debt".
I work in the tech industry as a lowly paid QA tester. My life consists of working a year on a project, laid off after said year, and then rehired after the 8 to 12 week “break” passes. Apparently this is required by some large tech companies so they can use the loophole and not have to hire you on full-time.
I feel like I'm in a glass box and I have to work for garbage contracting agencies like Volt, Kelly Services and Robert Half who do nothing but process payroll and take a cut of what is truly owed to me. (You fools didn't even find me the job!) For example, if Google pays $40 an hour for a contract worker, the agency keeps half and disperses the remaining $20 in a paycheck.
For the past couple years I have been gaining skills in web development and other programming languages. I’ve spent over 1700+ hours and have a small portfolio of static responsive webpages I’ve made. I cannot get a full-time developer job because they see me still as a QA guy. (I’ve applied to many companies this year alone). The reason I'm applying is because I need more pay to dig myself out of this hole. My current shovel is tiny. My take home pay is less than 38K a year and barely make enough to survive. I rent a small room and pay $710 a month. I also have a 45K of student loan debt and graduated in 2015 with a worthless “art type” degree. I did this before I even knew about TMF . I was such a fool. This is before I started learning to code and before I read 35+ books.
I’m attempting to get off the script in my “laid off” period but I must be on unemployment because I have very little money. Last week the prior agency called and they want me back for another year. I cannot refuse since I’m on the state assistance or the state unemployment office will charge you with fraud and bad things happen. Again I go in the loop of doing the same thing with a stupid 9 to 5 job. I’ll be laid off at this time next year. 2019 will be a carbon copy of 2018 and prior years. I'm trapped in a system.
I do have some good news (sarcasm). Being the person I am, I did beyond what I was required to on my prior assignment. I was just notified that I got a sub-48 cent raise. (It's too embarrassing to tell you the real value)
This is a purgatory and I cannot wake up from it. Back to listening to co-worker zombies who are stuck on the script and blow their paychecks on videogames and evenings on Netflix.
Is anyone else stuck and feel trapped like me?
I work in the tech industry as a lowly paid QA tester. My life consists of working a year on a project, laid off after said year, and then rehired after the 8 to 12 week “break” passes. Apparently this is required by some large tech companies so they can use the loophole and not have to hire you on full-time.
I feel like I'm in a glass box and I have to work for garbage contracting agencies like Volt, Kelly Services and Robert Half who do nothing but process payroll and take a cut of what is truly owed to me. (You fools didn't even find me the job!) For example, if Google pays $40 an hour for a contract worker, the agency keeps half and disperses the remaining $20 in a paycheck.
For the past couple years I have been gaining skills in web development and other programming languages. I’ve spent over 1700+ hours and have a small portfolio of static responsive webpages I’ve made. I cannot get a full-time developer job because they see me still as a QA guy. (I’ve applied to many companies this year alone). The reason I'm applying is because I need more pay to dig myself out of this hole. My current shovel is tiny. My take home pay is less than 38K a year and barely make enough to survive. I rent a small room and pay $710 a month. I also have a 45K of student loan debt and graduated in 2015 with a worthless “art type” degree. I did this before I even knew about TMF . I was such a fool. This is before I started learning to code and before I read 35+ books.
I’m attempting to get off the script in my “laid off” period but I must be on unemployment because I have very little money. Last week the prior agency called and they want me back for another year. I cannot refuse since I’m on the state assistance or the state unemployment office will charge you with fraud and bad things happen. Again I go in the loop of doing the same thing with a stupid 9 to 5 job. I’ll be laid off at this time next year. 2019 will be a carbon copy of 2018 and prior years. I'm trapped in a system.
I do have some good news (sarcasm). Being the person I am, I did beyond what I was required to on my prior assignment. I was just notified that I got a sub-48 cent raise. (It's too embarrassing to tell you the real value)
This is a purgatory and I cannot wake up from it. Back to listening to co-worker zombies who are stuck on the script and blow their paychecks on videogames and evenings on Netflix.
Is anyone else stuck and feel trapped like me?
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